Strangeness surrounding Pac-May fight

Scar · May 7, 2015

markq said: ↑

I kept telling everyone for FIVE YEARS, Pac takes a test, he will be ordinary. Pac's performance is reminiscent of world class sprinters who hold world records until they get busted. Then they are no longer competitive. Obviously I couldn't prove it but I have a hunch that's what was behind his lackluster performance. Floyd knows it too that's why he demanded testing five years ago. Floyd knows on a level playing field he will outclass anyone.
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Credit needs to be given to one fighter's opponent for making him look ordinary. Pacquiao took tests for Rios, Bradley II and Algieri. He didn't look ordinary there at all and made all his opponents look terrible.

fitzroy boy_iron mike · May 7, 2015

Floyd and Manny are business partners.... :yep

fitzroy boy_iron mike · May 7, 2015

guncho said: ↑

it was fixed commentators were on floyds nuts punch stats where incorrect there was one round when floyd landed 3 punches and punch stats claimed 13.

also when paq partly blocked floyds punches commentators would go nice right hand and when paq landed fury of 5 punches they would say none of punches landed although 2 punches clearly landed.

it was close fight 7-5 either way!
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:good

all valid points. I am still in awe at how people can't see this. Open your eyes!

Lady Girl · May 7, 2015

Typhoon said: ↑

After the fight, i was confused, like 'huh' WTF just happened.. Many things about this fight seemed strange to me

1. Pac's output and tactics. For a guy known to have such a high output through decades, 430 for 12 rounds was a very strange stat. It cannot be solely explainable by Mayweather's defense. Pacquiao could've easily thrown north of 800 punches in this fight and he knew work rate was going to be key. Pac said he aggravated the injury on round 4 but round 1 is baffling to me. Pac did little in round 1; what tactics were these?

2. injury. Pac supposedly had an injury prior to fight. The extent of it, is a mystery. We know that Pac camp requested a shot for the pain but apparently, it was denied. Michael konz, apparently checked 'NO' to a injury question in a pre-fight questionnaire, why? A sparring partner did confirm that Pac sustained an injury and surgeon also confirmed it but it's hard to ascertain how bad it was going into the fight. The strange thing is what transpired during the fight. Pac stated he aggravated injury in round 4 but he was clearly throwing his right hook after round 4.

3. Floyd Sr. He was yelling at Floyd Jr. That was surprising to me, it's as if he wanted Floyd to be aggressive and throw more, at the risk of getting hit. This is uncharacteristic of Floyd Sr, who is usually quiet and advocates defense. After the fight, he seemed impressed with Pacquiao, even after his son beat him. Floyd Sr always stated that fight was going to be easy, that Floyd was gonna stop little Pac. I think he genuinely was impressed with Pac's strength and how Floyd couldn't bully him. I think he also got a glimpse of Pac's explosiveness, although it was far and few between. After fight, i expected him to say Pac was easy, a joke. Instead, he goes on to say Khan would be easier than Pac. It was strange to me.

4. Pac coming in at 152, Floyd at 149. Everyone expected floyd to come in at 155 or higher and Pac around 145

5. Pac's post fight comments. It was just weird to me. When he lost to JMM and Bradley, he was all class. He didn't even seem to contest the Tim B. robbery or complain much about it in post fight interview. He just stated this was boxing. When he got KO'd by JMM, he was humble about it and even laughed about it. After this loss, he was making comments that Floyd didn't do anything, that he was injured, that he won the fight. This was uncharacteristic of him

6. Freddie Roach. He came into the ring looking like a zombie and in between rounds didn't seem to say much, strategy wise. He was just in a zombie like state, not even telling Pac he could be losing and needed a KO.

7. Max Kellerman. He was quite rude to Manny. I understand Manny said he thought he won but Max should've understood that this was a huge loss and pac was in disarray. Max was out of character

8. Floyd saying he'll fight Manny next year when he repeatedly stated he would retire after fight. Him saying Pac was better than he expected was also weird. What did he expect? a little pushover?

9. lawsuits. I mean, now fans are suing Pac for allegedly concealing an injury and essentially robbing them of money they could've spent more wisely

10. Mosely and Holyfield saying Pac won. Very strange cause these were guys that seemed to favor floyd pre-fight. I totally expected Skip Bayless to claim fight was close but these guys?

After the fight, was left baffled at what happened... Floyd himself, did little, IMO.
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so, whatcha saying? this shi- was staged?:huh

RazorbackBoxing · May 7, 2015

Pacs output went down as he got old, no conspiracy theory. Pac hasnt wow'd me since margarito. 2009 pac beats floyd easy

hussleman · May 7, 2015

Agree with some of the ts points. But, Floyd Sr, knows the game and knows Floyd is not liked by everybody. So, make every round count. Floyd, underrated power is the reason pacman didn't charged in. Styles make fights. Floyd had the right style.

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